高中（人教）英语选修6课件：unit 4.pptVIP

Unit 4 Global warming Record high readings of CO2 raise concern据测定，大气的二氧化碳浓度日均值于今年5月初达到了400 ppm，这是人类历史上的最高纪录。单元话题阅读 According to Pieter Tans，a researcher at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration，the last time the earth reached this high a level of CO2 was about 2 million years ago.During this time the earth was much warmer.Greenland was actually green，consisting of forest instead of ice and the sea levels were at least 33－66 feet higher.So how important is this number which happens to be a daily figure？Its importance is to warn us that unless something extreme is done soon to change this trend，things can only get worse. The good news is that the trend can be changed，because the increase in CO2 which is the byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels like coal for electricity and oil for petrol，is a direct result of human activity.According to experts，in 2011 we managed to add an average of 2.4 million pounds of CO2 into the air every second. What’s concerning scientists more than this unprecedented (空前的) milestone of 400 parts per million，is the rapid pace at which the greenhouse gas is increasing.They believe that plants and animals can adapt (适应) when climate changes occur slowly over thousands of years，but not if the changes come within a short period of time，which is what is happening now.What is even more alarming is that if the oceans were not absorbing some of the gas，the levels would be even higher！Hopefully，the world will try to change this rapidly worsening situation. 谢谢观看！ 我们，还在路上……You made my day!古人云：“读万卷书，行万里路。”今人说：“要么读书，要么旅行，身体和灵魂总要有一个在路上。”从古至今，学习和旅行都是相辅相成的两件事。。